Dr. Peter Lilienthal [email protected]

Optimizing Clean Power Everywhere

Backing up Unreliable Grids with a Microgrid

Asia Clean Energy Forum Deep Dive Workshop June 15, 2015 1790 30th St, Suite 100, Boulder, Colorado 80301, USA http://www.homerenergy.com ● +1-720-565-4046

Inputs

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Random Outages

• Simple Diesels best if outages are infrequent. • Simple PV-Battery best if outages are short • Hybrids are best in most cases

What’s New with HOMER Pro New components – – – –

Library

Thermal load controller Concentrating PV MPPT/Dedicated PV Inverter Hydrokinetic

Improved Components – Grid-connected battery – Grid outages – – – – – –

• Scheduled and random Up to 20 generators Up to 10 PV arrays Wind turbine losses Maintenance schedules Minimum generator runtimes Fuel minimization

– Store cost data in the library – All components, loads, settings and resource in library – Library management tool

New Results – Choose parameters for summary tables – Sort and filter on any output – Direct results export to .CSV (spreadsheet format)

New Input capabilities – Built-in default load profiles – Obtain resource data by clicking on a map or typing address

APIs – Application Programming Interfaces – Custom dispatch modules

Parallel processing

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Wind turbine losses

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Maintenance Schedules

• Also available for wind turbines

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